Improvement in ash-boxes for stoves



c. J. WOOLSON.

Ash 'Box for Stoves. r v No. 38,256. Patented April 21, 1863.

7 @171? V CQJ WF UNITED STATES CHARLES J. WOOLSON PATENT OFFICE.

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,256, dated April'21, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. WOOLSON, of Cleveland, county ofCuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved mode ofconstructing a portable ash-box and of attaching the same tocooking-stoves below the fire-door, so as to receive and retain theashes which fall from the same, and be easily removed for theirdischarge; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing.

I usually construct my ash-box of two pieces of cast iron, which, beingfastened together by rivets, is seen at A A in the drawing. On thestraight or inside piece I cast lugs or projections, which are seen atBB B B. Upon the small oven-door, which is usually placed directlybeneath the fire-door, I cast lugs, as

seen at G G G O. The projections on the inside of the box fit into theselugs and hold the box in place, as seen at D D D D. The ash-box may becast whole, if desirable, and when the stove is constructed without anoven-door under the fire-door the box may be attached to the side of thestove by casting the supporting-lug's thereon instead of the oven-door.

' What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

Attaching a portable ash-box, when constructed as described, to theoven-door or side plate of a cooking-stove below the firedoor, in themanner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

- CHARLES J. WOOLSON.

Witnesses:

G. O. CARTER, HORACE G. HITOHGOCK.

